Sadly, even 30+ years later, some people still don't know how to spell his freakin' name.
Dammit man, it's THIS guy:
Not THIS guy:
Then let's talk about the other conservatives: Perry couldn't debate worth a damn. Gingrich has tons of baggage and while his message is right on target it is diminished by his past. Santorum lost a senate seat to a Democrat in Pennsylvania he was a virtual nobody on the national scene until he ran for the nomination. Anyone pinning their hopes on Santorum were setting themselves and the GOP up for slaughter
Romney on the other hand never stopped campaigning since 2008. He made sure he mastered the politics inside the GOP for his run this year. He is not my choice candidate but I also don't have a reason not to take him at his word for what he is currently saying on the campaign trail. I expect that he will completely support the GOP platform coming out of the convention when he is President. He has shown he is willing to take his campaign negative to ensure a win and it's going to take negative and positive campaigning to unseat Barak Obama.
Any talk of staying home if Romney is the GOP pick is nonsense. Romney looks like Ronald Regan when compared to Barak Obama. This country will be far better off under President Romney than the current President. Just because it will be marginally better under President Gingrich or President Santorum and therefore I will quit the GOP?? I don't understand the logic.
Point of fact Ronald Regan didn't get the nomination the first time he ran for President. But God bless the man he kept fighting for the nomination until he could win it.
Careful, I’ve noticed recently that reasoned logic doesn’t sit well with the more zealous ones here.
I’m not a huge Mitt fan, but I’ll vote for him for the simple reason that I’ll take the one I can work with over the one who works against me.
Now, as for why we don’t elect true conservatives anymore, that’s pretty easy, too many republican voters put too much emphasis on one aspect and ignore the rest.
With Santorum you have the religious side of the GOP dancing in their pews, but they would completely ignore the fact that his was as liberal as any democrat with regards to the economy and would gladly use the force of government to force people to do as he saw fit, no better than a liberal to me.
With Newt you got the national defense crowd excited as well as those that like a candidate that would fight, problem was that Newt tilted at windmills way too often and looked like a hypocrite whenever someone would talk family values, it also didn’t help that the man is one big massive ego and he was liberal in many areas also.
The reason why we’ll never get a true conservative is that we have far too many factions within that party who want to decide what a conservative is, many believe he/she needs to be a Bible thumping christian and nothing else matters others think they needs to be strong on national defense even if those actions harm our own personal liberty (Patriot Act) they don’t care.
Personally, to me being conservative means having a sound free market economic policy, strong national defense only acting when the threat is imminent to defend us, letting their religion guide them but not forcing it on others, and finally and most importantly, it’s allowing maximum freedom to be the law of the land, everyone can do as they choose as long as their actions do not infringe on the rights of another, yes, that means keeping the government out of the bedroom, what people do behind closed doors is their own business not ours or the governments as long as they keep those actions behind closed doors.
Unfortunately we have too many in the republican party that want to use the force of government to force people to act they way they see fit, which makes you no better than a liberal.
Because it is not logic, it is a childish tantrum.
If their guy doesn't get picked, they quit, take their ball and go home.
I for one am not staying home; rather, I'm voting for a conservative... just as planned all along.
Which campaign trail, and which word? Romney's been all over the political map, and that's why people don't have a high level of confidence he's a leftist hiding in conservative clothing. His campaign manager's "Etch-a-Sketch" comment exacerbated an already distrustful environment.
Romney has no "base" of support beyond the GOP diehards, he's been woefully inconsistent on issues from illegals to guns to gays to abortion. As such, people simply don't trust him.
The GOP establishment pushed Romney all along, not with the goal of victory in the Presidential election, but to woo enough moderates in order to hold onto the House and maybe have a hope of taking the Senate. They may accomplish their goal in the short term, but at a much bigger price of alienating conservatives.
You can't possibly be that stupid.
Or, maybe you are.
OK, care to take a poll and find out how many freepers are not voting for Romney, if he is on the ticket? Be sure and tell them they are all nonsensical.